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Mars, Nestle promise ethical cocoa supply

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By: Clay Gordon
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Global confectioners Mars and Nestle have joined a sustainable cocoaprogramme, which aims to establish a traceability system for allfarmers in the Ivory Coast.
The Good Inside Cocoa Programme, established by the Dutch non-profit organisation Utz Certified, aims to eliminate environmental and humanitarian problems such as child labour, deforestation and low salaries.

Asconsumer and regulatory concern over working conditions in Africaincreases, manufacturers can no longer ignore the responsibility theyhave towards some of the poorest workers in the world. Ona purely business level, Western firms are indeed conscious thatprotecting supply from the Ivory Cost and Ghana - which togetheraccount for 65 per cent of the world's net cocoa - is vital ...

Read the press release . (nutraingedients-usa.com)

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